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I thank you for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. e e cummings

“Sociological mindfulness also reminds us that we can change a small part of the social world single-handedly. If we treat others with more respect and compassion, if we refuse to participate in re-creating inequalities even in little ways, if we raise questions about official representations of reality, if we refuse to work in destructive industries, then we are making change. We do not have to join a group or organize a protest to make these kinds of changes. We can make them on our own, by deciding to live differently.”

—   Michael Schwalbe, Finding Out How the Social World Works (via nick-ty)
magictransistor:
“Herbert List, Jeanloup Sieff, Triple Eye, 1972.
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magictransistor:

Herbert List, Jeanloup Sieff, Triple Eye, 1972.

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“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”

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Frederick Douglass, 1857

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“Language is often used as a tool of exclusion and social oppression. As social beings who are linguists, we have a responsibility to address language-related inequalities – and our professional knowledge helps us.”

—   Walt Wolfram, repetitively. (via allthingslinguistic)

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